Improvement in saw-handles



MURRAY 8|. W. S. WINTERBUTTOM.

Saw-Handles.

I No.149,781.

Patented April 14', 1874.

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JOHN MURRAY, OF GONSHOHOOKEN, AND WILLIAM S. WINTERBOTTOM, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENTJN SAW-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent 0. 149,781, dated April 1I, 1874; application filed March 25, 1874.

1 To all whom 2t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN MURRAY, of Oonshohocken, Montgomery. county,Pennsylvania, and WILLIAM S. WrNrnRBo'rroM, of Philadel iihia, in thecounty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Saw- Handles; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othtachments.

The nature of our invention consists in the peculiar and novelconstruction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated a saw with our improvementsapplied, A be ing the handle and B the blade thereof. The handle A isformed with slots, to a, and the blade has two holes punched in it forthe passage of binding-screws G G. D D are metal cleats, fastened to thehandle A by means of ordinary wood-screws, d d. The screws G 0 passthrough thesecleats, the cleats D having a smooth hole, while the cleatsD have threaded openings, so that on turning said screwsthe outer end ofthe cleats will be.

drawn toward each other, firmly binding the wood handle between them andclamping it down upon the saw-blade, which is thereby very securelyheld.

The advantages of the foregoing construction are briefly as follows:Owing to the provisionof the metal cleats, the binding-screws take afirmer and more secure hold, and may be placed at the very edge of thehandle without any danger of splitting it. It is obviously an advantageto place the screws as near the edge as possible, for thereby greaterclamping power is obtained. The slots are more easily made than holes,and not only avoid all danger of the handles splitting after it has beenapplied, as is sometimes caused by the bearing of a screw in a hole, butenables the person. applying the handle to obtain access readily to theholes punched in the blade for the passage of the screws. Another verygreat advantage of this method of fastening (which may be applied to allkinds of saws, compass saws, back saws, butcher saws, kitchen-saws,hand-saws, and saw knives) is, that when a handle becomes'broken itniabe so easily removed and a new one applied. To do this a plain newhandle is taken. The position of the holes in the blade are marked andslots sawed in the handle to register therewith. The cleats are thenfastened on so as to bring the holes for the passage'of thebinding-screws O in a line with the slots at a, the screws d d enteringthe wood at any suitable position. The blade is then placed in the usualslot at, the binding-screws inserted and turned, clamping the bladefirmly. It is obvi ous that the cleats D D may be made of one pieceeach, and that the design may be greatly varied to obtain any desireddegree of ornamentation.

\Vhat we claim as our invention is-- The handle A, having the slots a aopen at one end, in combination with the cleats D D and screws 0 C d d,substantially as shown and described. y

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 20th day of March, 1874.

JOHN MURRAY. WILLIAM S. WINTERBOTTOM.

Witnesses:

J NO. A. BELL, M. DANL. OoNNoLLY.

